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The Lowry Croul Collection of Contemporary Native American Art

March 22, 2025 - November 16, 2025
Contemporary Gallery

This special exhibition features highlights from the personal collection of Judith Lowry, an accomplished Native American artist and enrolled member of the Pit River Tribe, who recently donated over 125 artworks to the Nevada Museum of Art.

Assembled over many decades by Lowry and her husband Brad Croul, the Lowry Croul Collection of Contemporary Native American Art includes paintings by prominent Native American contemporary artists with a West Coast and Great Basin focus.

The collection contains works by some of the West Coast’s most noted Native American artists, including paintings by Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu/Hawaiian/Portuguese), Frank LaPena (Nomptipon Wintu), and Frank Day (Konkow Maidu). Important and rare story paintings by Dalbert Castro (Maidu) are also included, along with works by Jean LaMarr (Northern Paiute/Pit River) and George Longfish (Seneca and Tuscarora). An exceptional selection of photography by Lowry’s cousin Dugan Agular (Northern Paiute/Maidu/Pit River) is included, as well as many traditional beaded and woven works by Lorena Gorbet (Mountain Maidu), Shiwaya Peck (Maidu), and Tiffany Adams (Chemehuevi/Koyoomk’awi/Nisenan).

This exhibition is presented in conjunction with The Art of Judith Lowry.

Major Sponsor
Sandy Raffealli | Mini of Reno

Sponsors
San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority
Phil and Jennifer Satre

Supporting Sponsors
Kathie Bartlett
Yvonne Murphy, PhD and Murray Mackenzie
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

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IMAGE 1: Frank LaPena (Nomtipom-Wintu), Untitled (detail), 1998, Acrylic on canvas, Image: 48 x 48 inches; Framed: 49 x 49 inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © Frank LaPena; IMAGE 2: Frank Day (Konkow Maidu), Pukunee [Mountain Lion with Hunter], circa 1967, Oil on canvas board, Image: 19 ½ x 23 ½ inches; Framed: 24 ¾ x 29 inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © Frank Day; IMAGE 3; Sharol Graves (Absentee Shawnee Tribe), Soulmates, 1986, Computer generated silkscreen, Image: 22 x 28 inches; Framed: 24 x 29 ½ inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © Sharol Graves; IMAGE 4: Lorena Gorbet (Yamani Maidu [Mountain Maidu]), Keddie Peak, Sierra Nevada, view from Greenville, California, not dated, Beaded glass water jug, H: 19 ½ inches; Diam: 10 ½ inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © Lorena Gorbet; IMAGE 5: Francisco Dominguez, [Frank LaPena], 2010, Black and white photograph, 9 x 13 inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © Francisco Dominguez; IMAGE 6: Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu/Hawaiian/Portuguese), Stone Poem, 1990, Acrylic and oil stick on paper, Image: 30 x 22 inches; Framed: 39 ¼ x 31 ¼ inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © 2016 Harry Fonseca Collection, Autry Museum of the American West; Frank LaPena (Nomtipom-Wintu), Edge of the Earth People: Protecting Ourselves, 2002, Acrylic on canvas, Image: 47 ½ x 35 ¾ inches; Framed: 50 x 38 inches. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, Gift of Judith Lowry and John B. Croul © Frank LaPena.

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